What are the best flannel shirts for men? I have a Faded Glory, a Merino and a Cherokee. I think I bought the Faded Glory at WalMart.
I like Pendletons, but they are wool, not flannel.
You can’t go wrong with LL Bean.
LL Bean.
I have several LL Bean pieces of clothing; some are over 15, maybe 20 years old. :eek: Including a flannel shirt and two fleece jackets. Almost as good as new after many wearings and washings. Can’t get that with WalMart clothing.
Another vote for L.L. Bean. Try one–return it if you don’t like it.
I have two 15-yr-old Lands’ End flannels that are still going strong.
Unfortunately, Lands’ End quality declined during their recent ownership by everyone’s favorite retailer–Sears–but Sears recently spun-off Lands’ End [Nasdaq “LE”]. Don’t know if this means quality improvements are forthcoming. But like L.L. Bean, LE also has 100-percent guarantee.
If you don’t mind my piggybacking on your thread–can anyone comment about Carhartt?
Note that LL Bean has free shipping on all orders. So order one shirt to try it.
Carhartt is good. I’ve only had that one for two years, but it’s holding up well.
Agree with LL Bean.
Duluth Trading Co is very good too.
Eddie Bauer has traditionally had good quality Flannel Shirts.
Orvis has excellent quality shirts but they are a bit spendy.
I’ve had some Eddie Bauer shirts that didn’t hold up well, with seams coming apart, and material wearing thin too soon.
Concur on LL Bean. Mine only go back ten years or so, but you can’t tell the oldest from the ones I got last Xmas, and I wear those four or five shirts all winter in rotation.
Not flannel (only), but let me pass along a hearty AVOID AVOID AVOID for Filson. I fell for their shuck about eight-ten years ago and bought several shirts. They all wore badly, with holes developing around the pocket corner tacks and collar points, ripped easily (my dog pawed me in the chest, a not unusual thing, and tore a line straight down the front). I have much older, cheapish JC Penney shirts that show less wear and not in wearability areas. It’s not just fabric, either. I have two “feathercloth” shirts that have actually worn better than the “ironcloth” ones, but I’ve never been able to wear the cuffs buttoned. The shirt fits me fine in the body and the sleeves are appropriate length, but they are 2-3 inches too small in circumference and fit my forearms like a longsleeve knit shirt. I could barely wear them that way when they were new, but not when wearing my usual bulky watch. I don’t know if it was an assembly error (seems unlikely, given that other dimensions were fine) or just a cheap fabric-reduction move, but I can only wear them rolled up… and can’t roll them past my upper forearm. Probably $5-600 worth of “may as well have the best” shirts that aren’t as good as the rest of my varied closet, which is increasingly filling up with LL Bean these days.
I’ve liked all the Five Brother shirts I’ve had. But then, I get them in thrift stores and they’re old. For all I know the new ones aren’t as good.
You bought “several” shirts and now have $500-600 in useless stuff? How expensive are these shirts, anyhow?
$75-90 each. See: “shuck.”
Wow. My most expensive shirts were about fifty bucks each. And that was for quality dress shirts.
Filson. Never heard of them, and I’m glad. But I usually don’t spend that much for a shirt.
LL Bean, I’ll have to try them. I’m about to give up on Eddie Bauer.
Okay I just went shopping at LL Bean. $260 for 5 shirts, so my test begins when they arrive. I hope they’re good quality 
but it’s clear from folks here that they are.
Vermont Flannel Company has very high-quality flannel.
I have a Dickies quilted flannel shirt that I really like. Very warm.
If you’re near a Nordstrom’s, it looks like they have quite a variety of brands.
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